Posts Tagged mom
purpose.
Posted by malindar in God, Homeschooling, Kids, unschooling on January 25, 2014
in the past three weeks, i have challenged my kids to think pretty deeply about who they are. what they like. what they love. who they want to be some day. Â i have encouraged them to dream. picture their lives 5 years from now. 10 years from now. think about the people they know whom […]
conversation.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection, unschooling on January 13, 2014
some interesting things happen when you open yourself up to (mostly) uninterrupted time with your kids. time when you’re not nagging them to finish science or hounding them about the math assignment they’ve been putting off, or scolding them for not completing their chores when it’s 8:30 and time to sit down for class. all […]
controversy.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Kids, Life, unschooling on January 12, 2014
there is this little part of me that really enjoys stirring up trouble. it’s actually kind of funny to think that’s true, because i was always the good girl. always the one my parents didn’t have to worry about. my grades were above average, i didn’t push the boundaries, i didn’t break curfew or talk […]
quandary.
Posted by malindar in Homeschooling, Kids, Life, Reflection on January 9, 2014
so, dear readers, i find myself in the midst of something of a dilemma. a quandary, if you will. i have several strategies for dealing with dilemmas and quandaries. some of them make lots of sense, are thoughtful and intelligent…involve seeking out wisdom. some of them are more…rock, paper, scissors-like. Â my primary method of dealing […]
rant.
Posted by malindar in Kids, Life, Ugh., Uncategorized on January 6, 2014
i believe that we are raising a generation of weenies. that’s right. weenies. and i don’t mean the cute little ones you call “pigs in a blanket” and wrap up in tiny crescent rolls, or slather in nasty barbecue in your crock pot for holiday gatherings (yuck.). i mean our kids are wimps, folks. wussies. […]
more grace in the new year.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Fitness, Life, Weight Loss, workout on December 31, 2013
warning: parenthesis to follow. many of them. if you and i are friends, you know i talk in parenthesis as much as i write in them, so none of this will come as a shock to you. but just in case you stumbled upon my blog randomly…consider yourself warned. a really (really, really) long time […]
tomorrow.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Fitness, Hypothyroid, Life, P90X, P90X3, Weight Loss, workout on December 29, 2013
there is so much i put off until tomorrow. but seriously, tomorrow is almost here. tomorrow i start p90x3. i’m not putting this one off. just lining up my rest days. 🙂 after all the beachbody programs i have started (and completed), this shouldn’t be that big of a deal, right? but i have anticipated […]
bullcookies.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Kids, Life on December 19, 2013
good little Christian girls don’t use curse words, right? ok. well. fine. i call bull cookies on this day, then. the whole thing. every last second of it. (ok, maybe except for the part where i was sitting on Reasa’s lap in the reception area at the lawyer’s office today as she bounced me on […]
lazy.
Posted by malindar in All About Mindy, Family Life, Homeschooling, Life, Reflection on June 7, 2013
i’m sitting on the couch this morning. i decided today that since i had to be up early to put the finishing touches on a cake to be delivered before 8 am (by my awesome husband, to his cousin), and since i stayed up until 1 am working on said cake…i would turn on the […]
All Is Grace 